Playing session
I play my guitar almost every night for a couple hours. I find myself playing the same stuff every night. You folks that mostly play by yourself,what is a normal setting? Constantly learning new stuff...
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Lately I've been in a bit of a funk, so I find myself playing a lot of the same old stuff. Sometimes I just fiddle around with some chords to see what comes about, but it's been awhile since I've...
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I only play for my own amusement these days, and a fair proportion of it is about chasing techniques. For example, recently I have been trying to emulate flatpicking, and focusing on a just a couple...
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Try to learn stuff you always wanted to be able to play. I find that ends up teaching you new techniques...and surf for tabs and YouTube how-to videos. It doesn't take long before you learn who knows...
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I do a lot of playing by myself at home and also play a lot of the same stuff. Fortunately, I met a guy who lives nearby that is my musical kindred spirit and we get together once a week in the...
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It tends to go in phases: sometimes I'm acquiring hardly any new material for months and at other times I'll have three or four fresh pieces under development at the same time. I don't think it helps...
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I get caught in a rut playing the same songs day in and day out. Then a new song will break through the clutter. Kdave mentioned that he was working on "Wait a Minute" by Herb Pedersen. I...
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Please pardon my digression below...These days, in fact, about each morning well before dawn, I feed the critters and bring a dog outdoors with me, if weather is good, to strum of course until I must...
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Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something Blue. Playing some old fiddle tunes is a good way to warm up the fingers. Or I may run some scales. "New" means a song that I've never...
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As others have noted, it`s pretty normal to hit a plateau for awhile but it`s been my experience in 40 yrs + that something usually comes along to catch your ear... "Geez, I gotta` learn how to play...
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Seems like my warm up tune every night is a song by Hot Rise called Coleen Malone. Not up to Bryan Sutton caliber...lol Usually wind up playing Last Thing On My Mind or Summer Wages...Tenneesee...
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I play what I like to hear. Although I like any kind of music, I gravitate to songs with a story.I sometimes get hooked on a particular song and play it until I am tired of it. Examples: "Angel of...
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There are times when I will just play along/learn new songs on the fly by streaming a favorite channel [ie: Tim O'brien, Jeffery Foucault etc] on Pandora…. Keeps the playing fresh and I usually run...
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I have 5 Martins out on the walls in my cave, and I usually play all of them every evening after the wife racks out. There are specific tunes I like to use each instrument for...e.g. I'll use one of...
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I am just a hobby player,but I make myself play out a couple times a month. No one will ever ask me to join a band or anything, but the occasional song circle at a private home or jam/open mic at a...
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I play 'em as they roll along. Sometimes a great new tune comes out of the tall grass just begging to be learned. Other times, I'll hear something that hasn't been played in a while and causes me to...
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I often find myself in that rut/routine - exercises and/or warmup, play the same old material and then putting it down. I read somewhere to only play the song you are working on or want to learn and I...
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I find myself in what turns out to be major ruts at times....to the point where I bore myself to tears and quit playing all together (not a good thing). I've found if I concentrate on some short...
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My hardback songbook is pretty extensive, probably 90 printed songs, and then have another 30 songs saved to Word and at least that many songs saved in Ultimate Guitar. If I feel like I've fallen into...
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Playing by yourself makes it very easy to get into a rut. I've joined some jams and it has kicked me into relearning old forgotten stuff as well as learning new. Trying to develop some sort of...
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